True Education

Goal/Purpose of Education

True education is learning and teaching and obeying everything that God's Word, the Bible commands us. The purpose and goal of education is to honor and glorify God through helping students become true disciples of Jesus Christ.

Selection/Scope/Sequencing of Subject Matter

The entire curriculum must be Christ and Bible centered. Truth and knowledge must be unified through Jesus Christ. The teacher, being Christ's representative has a key role in this unifying process. He/She is the "living curriculum" himself/herself.

The student should
1. Clearly comprehend the distinctiveness of the biblical worldview.
2. Fully understand how the biblical worldview connects with every aspect of the world around us and
3. Know why the biblical worldview makes more sense than any other worldview out there.

Teaching Profession

The Nature of the Learning Process

We learn to know God through the Bible, the Person of Jesus Christ and His creation (Romans 1:20). Hence, the school subjects reveal the Lord. The students can know Him in and through the school subjects/disciplines.

The Nature of The Student

A conversion or born-again experience is an absolute vital necessity for any student. Without conversion to Christ, the student can never really attain his or her full God-given potential that he or she had been created for. After conversion to Christ, the student needs to grow and mature in Christ. This is provided for through the Bible, the Word of God. So, with reverential awe, the student should learn to love, obey, and serve God and Man more and more fully. He or she must learn to walk in the Truth and through faith, manifests the fruit of the Holy Spirit in all kinds of good works.

The Role of Parents

Parents have the moral responsibility to bring up their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4). Parents should train their children faithfully to help them stay on the right path and learn godly habits. The children should actually be able to observe the truth being modeled by their parents.

The Role of The Teacher

The teacher lives out Christ-likeness among his/her students. He/She bears the fruit of the Holy Spirit consistently. Teachers are image bearers of God. Being an educator is a vocation and a spiritual ministry that has passion and purpose. The teacher is a representative of Christ and His Truth among the students. The teacher should himself/herself follow Jesus Christ as his/her Model Teacher. His students are to follow him/her as he/she follows Christ. The teacher is gentle and humble in heart. He/She stands in the place of Christ for the student into the learning journey.

Thinking and teaching is not only a science but also an art, and its effectiveness depends heavily on the level of the teacher's own communion with God. If we can see the Lord in His World, we will find ways to speak of Him.

The Spirit-filled teacher is the communicator of Truth. He/She is openly and boldly a Christian. He/She knows the Word of God. He/She is committed in every aspect of his/her life and work, in all his/her being, to the Truth. He/She seeks excellence. He/She truly loves his/her students, seeking their highest good even when at times the way may be hard. He/She is completely submitted to the one Great Teacher. He/She listens to the Lord, and the Holy Spirit, for his/her lessons.

Education is a supernatural task. The presence of God's Holy Spirit in teaching takes education beyond mere programming, methodology and techniques. A teacher must constantly test his/her teaching to see if it is resulting in spiritual growth in his/her pupils.

Conclusion

Education should enable students to cultivate a Christlike character manifesting consistently the fruit of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23,26; Colossians 3:12-15; Ephesians 4:2) and certain skills in order to be ready for what God has planned for their lives. These skills include biblical knowledge, strong reading skills, effective oral communication, mathematical competence, higher order thinking and reasoning skills, discernment, social skills, and technical skills.